Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-08-20
GAYETIES AT SARATOGA.
Eminent LaWyers. social Leaders, and
MOsquitOeS now Assemblcd there

THE MEETING OF THE BAR Observation-Disclosures
TOILETS AT A BRILLIANT BALL-JUDGE MACARTHUR
AND THE LADY wHISTLER-PARLoR DANCKS AND
MORNING RECEPTIoNs-TBE GRANT COTTAGE.
Correspondence Of THE EVENING STAR.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, August Is.
The livelieSt week OF the season here Is always
that in which the annual meeting Of the American
Bar Association occurs and that body assembled
yesterday In one OF the public halls, and will also
hold sessions to-day and tomorrow. This IS the
tenth anniversary OF the formation OF this aSsoca-
ton, which was begun in August, 1877, when only
about thirty lawyers from various parts OF the
country met here and took the preliminary steps
which have resulted in an organization now num-
bering over 500 names The members are scat
tered throughout the land, and, through the
efforts OF the association, legal procedure In the
various States has been, and Is being, made as
nearly uniform as possible.
The gentlemen who have presided over the as
ISOLATION since its organization have all been men
Oh national reputation, numbering among them
such names as ex-Gov. Stevenson, OF kentucky;
David Dudley Field, OF New York; eX-Gov. Parker,
OF New Jersey; Chief Justice Bradley, or Rhode
Island; Alex. X. Lawton, OF Georgia, now L. 5.
minister To Austria; WIN. Allen Butler, or New
York, and 1hos. NJ Cooley, OF Michigan, now the
chairman OF the Interstate Commerce COmn1S1
sion. The present president OF the association is
lhoS. .. Semnee. OF Louisiana, a gentleman vino
Is generally admitted 10 be the most scholarly
The sessions THIS year VIII he devoted prnc1-
paliy 10 securing action on the various subjects
interest 10 the legal profession, besides The read
liE Ui iapelS upon topics vi general interest 10
TIC whole country.
The secretary OF the association is Mr. Edward
Otis Huxley, Of Baltimore. one of those WHO
never fi.5 20 be present ut these sessions is Gen.
Roger ~ Pryor, WHO calse here several days ago
10 attend. EA-t DngrCS:ilan kdnLey, OF Boston,
WHO arrived AiOndiy, also tdheS great interest in
Use MEETINGS. lie viii come 10 Washington this
autuiIi 10 ursue cast LII The United states Su-
piei..e Court.
BRILLIANT BALL
A really hriiiaa: ball was that given at the
United states Hotel last Saturday evening,
wh.ri, WAS the annual beneiit OF Mr.. Stub, the
popular leiier q The excellent orchestra at that
i!ctTl- Iuo.e who bring elegant GOWNS Tor eve
ninl, wear TO Saratoga Always reserve their hand
sui..sL attire for tins particular bali! which occurs
vdl year lear.y at he SAME date Iii August The
ud4c, 1t lie iUa = !!.l;t'i 'ol:oiA - 10 IL PIN,
Ia. ;L The ujt.IS * continues lItii :uiuuisl!.
Mis-. Macarthur h0Ic Il IciVy WGitr ottoman
Sill. entirely ;p.,.rCi Ni,A uieich ,Jiiily lace, At
CTS Oi iile evening enIt it"i..iEt:ts lately! Size
IL All On ncIh..I,, II iIl: i;i:ic, ani Ot.er ur-
HaIi,.n;> vi diailIunS.
one Os the ,,rced ole ladies n the United states
Hotel VI no ;.isJ ntr5 l.Itivsably elegant toilet,
an! EI.,uy ;'Scli OF great fn:Ec is r5. FeGnandO
joins, OF Chicago, ".lO VITA !icr dduShter, Mrs.
Grant, ,ir.t "tc: At Niliaris iiote!, Ia Wash
H., u, Three or iOlf years 5u. One Ol ner cr:a-
l,nt> Is brooch III tue iurlui Of butt cry, "i:oo
booty Is composed or two large and very lire
prai,-, While the o'!t -..I"!d wing OI diamonds
nave rabies ana cncrnii> st III ttll OIc OF i''r
evening, toirtlS l. an cu.lre drtao Of the finest
White lace over White SILK.
HOPS AND RECEPTIONS.
PaTiOr dances GA Tuesday evenings have been
enjoyed at the United States Hotel. They are
very Informal, and are the EioIe appreciated ON
that account. At the Grand Union Hotel the hop
nights arr Wednesday aud SATURDAY, When TIE
dancing takes place lii The spacious bathroom.
i ne annual garden party at That hotel Wiz occur
on one Vi the last days ol Aug uat III Tie atterno N
ana evening.
Receptions at private houses are Of daily occur
renee. Usually these are really hiOf'ting rccci'-
lions. not rs count BtprtiHV for visiting IN
Washington, meaning untIi Il late thinner hour,
and beginning always GJf,F PIN; Dui here the
hours lur morning calls are between II ana -.
Several OF the residents of private cottages have
Issued cards To acquant,lhceS Tor one sucn recep-
ton each week Judge iiltun's daughters receive
at their residence i'll MOodiawn Park on Mondays.
The new cottage OF Mrs. Daniel LatlrOp Uhe
Sister OF senator StuufUru'o Wlit) is OF the
most elegant iii Its Interior finish ana furniture VI
any at Saratoga now. Iicr daughter, Mrs. Gunn-
Ing, and her littie rl-bIuy, ana her other dauS-
ter Mrs. LaWtOn, and heI husband anu their Infant
son, the first boy born in the lIlLliy Tor many
years. and Mrs. LltArop youngest daughter, Miss
ALy, live with her. The Ladies receive every
Wednesday morning from IL until . O'clock. When
thcir parIOrs are Always ncd with ladies' aud gen.
tcl.tn. OFTEN t!IeIe Is IutIsc, vocal OF Instrument
tai, from SOME OT tntlr guests.
Other Ladies' are informally ut home on a certain
eVtuIA5 il each wcch, and their 1rlcldo then cAll
one l. expected 10 cil unbldden except friends on
such terms Win them rs to KNOW that tneir pres
tLct Is always welcome.
Ms Ru.-,.e and iIer daughter, Mrs Barclay,
Who, when Miss OIGIic.d, WAS often a visitor In
Washing oh and W1o lnucu admired there, are
a., sln apculIIles thu summer 1T Saratoga, anu Mrs.
Eu59Ies has MOI been Ill good health, but Is now
DeJtcr.
Mrs Barclay gives an evening party at her resi-
dcncc this evening, for which iiIiey engraved IN
'llaCo nave Otti Issued 50 IL Is not 10 be an IN
formal OCCASION and the ladies' who attend pur-
pose doing 50 Ill their prettleat attire.
JUDGE MACARTHUR AND THE WHISTLER.
Mrs Shaw, tie whistler, Was presented with a
handsome bracelet at the Grand Union Hotel
after one OF the morning concerts there last week
JUICE Macarthur InahlH- 4 most felicitouS speech
On LiIe OcCaalU!i hc having been requested by The
uOnJro tOeAplcoo The appreciation ltit Tor Ter
talents in Saratoga.
QuOth Il gentleman who is here without his
Wiz: Il always tell my Vile that l must have /,
blowout at Saratoga once year.
What d conlldins vile you nave to let you do
IL, remarked The lady 10 whom he was speaking.
II tell her. said he. '.tnat ne VINO has wine IN
the cellar does not drink cider
THAT Is very pretty compliment to your
WIFE, OboerI cd another.
WHAT? exclaimed The first lady, ''dOes he keep
his wife, like wine, Ill his cellar, Willie he is roIiC-
lng?'
.Uh, no." the gentleman replied, but you know
what Moore wrote Of the bee, who goes from
Hover to flower, and at last, wnen he 1nds one
rose superior To ali the oJher,, lie settles there and
ION, yes, l oee," persisted the still doubling
Lady, 'yuiI represent the bee VINO has ceased TO
stay TO hum, the Eastern folk would phrase IT,
or 1T honlt, ao we Would style IT.
PECPLH At SARATOGA
Joaquin Milier's wife and ultle daughter Juan
it, are at Saratoga, and the cIiii sometimes gives
pariOr Rotations OK her fathers pUcms
MIs. Ei.ieis mother, Mrs. L"I4!d, j. with her.
jug Scoirii, "a aahInotU il, arrived ut Sara
to- list WcJA.
Com!.oIo:c O'Ncil, L. S. n, and his wife, came
here Il lew Ii ,yS o,O.
EX-Aul OF ie,r-i, OF Washington, arrived at the
UHIlet otl-jco iiu,tl last Wtck.
Justice ana MS. EiJciluiu after passing more
tn al iOi L.5.C at Tie lifted States i:UIci leIJ
last FRIDAY Ion tlitI OWE cottage at Newport.
iiUii. Joi.ii y. Mason Was III saratoga days
ago, uut uIi nUt i..IA" II IJi.c Vislj.
senator Goriua!i. or Maj ia!ia who annually
visits Saratoga arrived at lIr Unlted States Hotel
last week, with his Vile. have rarely known so
It," lcUJIo OF either nous OF Con T,Ss 70 he ut
Saratoga IN august us l nave met tins year.
Gen. j. ". roster aid his pretty daughter Miss
Eleanor, arrived here last week, and spent a lew
GAYS. 1hey viii make Il tOur lii the Adirondacks
Ms. Foster is III the CaItshl.S,
Col. RiCAdfd Ll;i4crS, WHO and whose daughter
Often visit " doLington, Is how making his annual
ti7it 10 saratoga. HIS daughter, soon a. she
heard u the hOrr1 murder or their valued friend
Mi. j. L. q. Kennedy, went at once to W ashiuyton
To try TO Heip and comfort The afflicted family
Mis-. klein, OF Pnllsdeipi;, who, When Miss LILY
Thomas, USED to visit Washing Uun after sltntIlTp
ten days here with i.er hush nd LIFT for q; visit to
other resorts lncluilng Spring Lake, Where they
VIII pass part UI september.
Dc. NUrVi:i Green, the president OF the Western
Union Telegraph IoiiipInS arrived last Saturday
WiJA his Two daughters 1T The United States Hotel
The youngest gilter. Miss Grace, has the NOS;
beautiful race / nave seen AT Saratoga this sum.
Ia 4 ,t4f. sim.